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Nominations for the Broadway theater world's awards, the Tonys, were announced Tuesday.

The top musical nominees are "Fun Home," based on Alison Bechdel's autobiographical comic about her relationship with her dad, and "An American In Paris," a Gershwin brothers jukebox musical.

The frontrunners in the dramatic arena are "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," based on the mystery novel, and "Hand to God," a raunchy show that includes puppets — they received six and five nominations, respectively. Meanwhile, Hollywood stars trying their hand at Broadway mostly came up short.

Fun Home

"Fun Home" is based on the dark material of Bechdel's graphic novel, whose title comes from the family's funeral home.

"This is perhaps the most unlikely musical transformation of the year, if not ever," New York Magazine's Jesse Green told The Frame. If you know Bechdel's name, it's probably because one of her comics inspired the Bechdel test — the idea that a movie should have at least two women in it, they should talk to each other and that they should talk to each other about something other than a man.

"Apropos of the Bechdel Test, it is a show whose score, both music and lyrics, are by women, which is highly unusual," Green said. Both music and lyrics were nominated for Tonys, and three actresses received supporting nominations.

"It's also the case that a show that's smallish and very serious ... managed to score so many award nominations in a season that has quite a number of more razzmatazz Broadway offerings," Green says.

An American In Paris

"An American In Paris" is unique as well — the jukebox musical, made up of Gershwin songs fitted to a story similar to that of the film of the same name, makes an unusual use of dance.

"So much of the story is told not just in dance, but in dance that's based on classical dancing," Green said. "And pretty much everything that's most beautiful about it comes from that."

Hollywood flops on Broadway

Hollywood stars who spent some time on Broadway in the past year didn't do well in the nominations. The list of stars that came up empty include Matthew Morrison, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Larry David, Michael Cera, Ewan McGregor, John Lithgow and Glenn Close.

The only bonafide movie star to land a nomination: Bradley Cooper, for "The Elephant Man." Bill Nighy, perhaps most notable for his role in the holiday favorite, "Love Actually," was nominated for the drama, "Skylight."

Among actresses, Carey Mulligan landed a nomination for her starring role opposite Nighy. And Elisabeth Moss of TV's "Mad Men" was nominated for her role in "The Heidi Chronicles."

"There may be a feeling that if you're coming to Broadway and you think you're going to get an award just for showing up, you had better be extraordinary, or you're going to get slapped," Green said. "I don't know how much that really plays into it, but it seems hard to avoid when you look at the list of stars who were not nominated this year."

Finding Neverland

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein tried to make a go of it with his musical, "Finding Neverland," but despite being a hit with audiences, the show landed zero nominations. While Green says the Tony voting process makes conscious snubs unlikely, this case is a particularly extreme example that may indicate it wasn't just the quality of the show that kept it from getting a nod:

"It does seem hard to explain it without guessing that some people just said big Mr. Movie Guy — who has no leading producer background on Broadway — comes in, made a lot of assumptions about how everybody should bend to his project, and they did not."

Weinstein responded to the show's lack of nominations, telling several outlets that he believes in "Finding Neverland," as well as taking credit for either co-investing in or co-producing several nominated shows, including "Fun Home."

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